E-DRUG: WHA69 Side Event: "Addressing the Global Challenge of Medication Safety" May 25
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Dear e-Druggers,
You are cordially invited to attend a 69th World Health Assembly side event
on "Addressing the Global Challenge of Medication Safety to Improve Patient
Safety and Quality of Care".
Wednesday, 25 May, 2016
12:15 - 13:45
Room XXIII (23)
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
The side event session will review the problem of unsafe medication
practices and existing challenges to medication safety; explore key
strategies for the safety of medication practices, and reduction of
medication errors and medication-associated harm to improve patient safety
and quality of care; and introduce the next WHO Global Patient Safety
Challenge on Medication Safety for high-level advocacy and call for
concerted global and country actions on medication safety.
The side event is co-chaired by:
His Excellency Piotr Stachazyk, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of
Poland to the UN Office in Geneva
Sir Liam Donaldson, WHO Envoy for Patient Safety
Dr Edward Kelley, Director, Service Delivery and Safety Department, WHO
The side event is sponsored by Poland and co-sponsored by Malaysia, Oman
and Sri Lanka.
For additional information, please contact
Dr Neelam Dhingra, Coordinator, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, WHO
dhingran@who.int
We look forward to your attendance!
Best,
Shelby Kemper, PharmD, MPH
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Unit
World Health Organization
kempers@who.int